Just seen that PC Pro has launched a blog. Good example of a “traditional” media outlet getting it right. The posts are short, to the point, and entertaining. I can’t say I’ve ever been a huge reader of the mag (I’m not really their target audience) but once I started scanning through the blog there were loads of posts which grabbed my attention.
I posted a few weeks back about Balance, an agency I work with, launching their new experiential agency Balance Live.
The group is growing fast and winning new business so have a few vacancies going. I said I’d chuck up on here. If you’re interested contact:
A great initiative from Koodos.com the online fashion retailer of discounted designer goods. After recognising that a major barrier for online consumers was concern over authenticity of discount goods, the company decided to lead the way by launching Authenticity Week to educate consumers on how to spot a wrong ‘un.
With their recent survey show showing 1 in 3 Brits own a fake designer item they are probably doing many of us a favour as police start to crack down on copyright infringements on online sites like eBay and brand owners take legal action against sellers and selling-sites alike.
Nice social media element to it too with the formation of a Facebook group and video with the style gurus over at Catwalk Queen.
Watch the video after the jump:
It’s official. A recent Forrester report shows social networking tools will become a priority spend for businesses next year. Read the full article here.
Not sure on the ‘Disneyland for web nerds’ tag attached to the conference in San Francisco this week. Getting a bit bored of web technology supposedly being the niche domain of a few tech bods when every kid under-18 (in the Western World) uses the web as part of everyday life; with many starting to do their own app development as well.
Did we ever go through a stage where telecoms entrepreneurs were called geeks? Maybe I just need to lighten up 
[Thanks to stedavies for chucking this on Twitter]
